Scarcely Was One Place Cured By
Constant Friction Than Another Was Frozen; And Though There Was Nothing
Pleasant About It Yet It Was Laughable Enough To Observe The Dexterity
Which Was Used In Changing The Position Of The Hand From The Face To The
Mitten And Vice Versa.
One of the men was severely affected, the whole
side of his face being nearly raw.
Towards sunset I suffered so much in
my knee and ankle from a recent sprain that it was with difficulty I
could proceed with snowshoes to the encampment on the Stony Islands. But
in this point I was not singular for Beauparlant was almost as bad and
without the same cause.
January 1, 1821.
We set out with a quick step, the wind still blowing fresh from the
north-west, which seemed in some measure to invigorate the dogs; for
towards sunset they left me considerably behind. Indeed my legs and
ankles were now so swelled that it was excessive pain to drag the
snowshoes after me. At night we halted on the banks of Stony River, when
I gave the men a glass of grog to commemorate the new year, and the next
day, January 2, we arrived at Fort Chipewyan, after a journey of ten days
and four hours - the shortest time in which the distance had been
performed at the same season. I found Messrs. G. Keith and S. McGillivray
in charge of the fort, who were not a little surprised to see me.
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